top | item 16962460 (no title) esbafb8 | 7 years ago This is no joke. It reminds me of when Skype used to be secure then somehow a backdoor was introduced following (or before?) the acquisition by Microsoft. History repeats itself, and humans have yet to learn from the past. discuss order hn newest tptacek|7 years ago In this case, strong E2E encryption was introduced after the acquisition (though presumably it had been in the works previously). esbafb8|7 years ago OK! I was referring to this and it was before the acquisition indeed: https://news.softpedia.com/news/Skype-Provided-Backdoor-Acce... zero_intp|7 years ago Pardon my skepticism, but Microsoft has most definitely advertised to the TLAs that Skype communications are available for review. load replies (1)
tptacek|7 years ago In this case, strong E2E encryption was introduced after the acquisition (though presumably it had been in the works previously). esbafb8|7 years ago OK! I was referring to this and it was before the acquisition indeed: https://news.softpedia.com/news/Skype-Provided-Backdoor-Acce... zero_intp|7 years ago Pardon my skepticism, but Microsoft has most definitely advertised to the TLAs that Skype communications are available for review. load replies (1)
esbafb8|7 years ago OK! I was referring to this and it was before the acquisition indeed: https://news.softpedia.com/news/Skype-Provided-Backdoor-Acce...
zero_intp|7 years ago Pardon my skepticism, but Microsoft has most definitely advertised to the TLAs that Skype communications are available for review. load replies (1)
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